Brick-House:What damages did she suffer aside from losing her sense of humor?

The fact that she was in a very vulnerable position with people she trusted and they went and did this to her. Yeah, I know that some people would have laughed it off, but everyone is different. Trust is an important thing to some people, especially to women. When it is broken it really can feel like a great violation.

The fact that it was posted on Facebook too - that shiat never goes away.

I don't have a problem for suing the s**t out of everyone who did not raise holy hell on that. This is the reason people get the wrong thing operated on all the time, unprofessionalism. You trust people to do the right thing when they put you under. If they are farking around with post-it notes and whatnot, what else are they doing?

Note: this does not include the normal discussion that occurs during surgery. The tension does need to be broken, and talking about someone's boyfriend/wife/vacation is fine, as long as someone keeps an eye on the ball. That's why there's more than one person in there, all of the instruments and other items are inventoried before and after the procedure, and the patient's vital signs can be monitored can usually be monitored by more than one person.

ng2810:Brick-House: What damages did she suffer aside from losing her sense of humor?

The fact that she was in a very vulnerable position with people she trusted and they went and did this to her. Yeah, I know that some people would have laughed it off, but everyone is different. Trust is an important thing to some people, especially to women. When it is broken it really can feel like a great violation.

The fact that it was posted on Facebook too - that shiat never goes away.

She trusted them not to put harmless stickers on her for a short period of time?

Absolutely. This is 100% a case of someone looking to bank off a modestly stupid attempt at humor...a joke played on a co-worker. "Hey doctors and hospitals have money...let's see how much we can get for 'pain and suffering.'"

The fact that she was in a very vulnerable position with people she trusted and they went and did this to her. Yeah, I know that some people would have laughed it off, but everyone is different. Trust is an important thing to some people, especially to women. When it is broken it really can feel like a great violation.

The fact that it was posted on Facebook too - that shiat never goes away.

She trusted them not to put harmless stickers on her for a short period of time?

Well molesting someone while she's asleep is harmless too but I still lost that babysitting gig.

Absolutely. This is 100% a case of someone looking to bank off a modestly stupid attempt at humor...a joke played on a co-worker. "Hey doctors and hospitals have money...let's see how much we can get for 'pain and suffering.'"

"Valdez herself had worked at the hospital for 13 years managing medical supplies, and was on a friendly basis with the surgery-room staff. Dr. Yang reported that rather that feeling insulted, he believed at the time that Valdez would think the joke was amusing."

HIPAA is serious business. When I volunteered at a hospital were told even to avoid referring to patients as him or her when talking about them, if possible. That's how seriously the hospitals take patient privacy.

Posting a picture on Facebook (with or without a moustache) is definitely over the top.

/No. Nobody said anything about race...until this. Good going, douche.

Woman's name is Valdez and the guy put a gaucho mustache and teardrops, a prison tattoo. Racism is common enough for one to wonder if this is a case of it. Try not to flood your room with tears because someone questioned it.

Absolutely. This is 100% a case of someone looking to bank off a modestly stupid attempt at humor...a joke played on a co-worker. "Hey doctors and hospitals have money...let's see how much we can get for 'pain and suffering.'"

"Valdez herself had worked at the hospital for 13 years managing medical supplies, and was on a friendly basis with the surgery-room staff. Dr. Yang reported that rather that feeling insulted, he believed at the time that Valdez would think the joke was amusing."

TFA says she worked for the hospital, and the guy who did it thought she would think it was funny. Just a joke gone wrong.

Fuggin Bizzy: Bathysphere: Is...is this supposed to be racist?

God, why do you libtards have to inject race into every single thing?

/No. Nobody said anything about race...until this. Good going, douche.

Woman's name is Valdez and the guy put a gaucho mustache and teardrops, a prison tattoo. Racism is common enough for one to wonder if this is a case of it. Try not to flood your room with tears because someone questioned it.

Except the "victim" was friends with the surgery staff and the person who took and posted the photo is a woman named Gomez. Idiot

It's pretty harmless, yeah, but as was pointed out upthread, it's still a violation of trust. If it's harmless, then the surgeon and his buddies can do it to each other when they pass out after using the prescription narcotics they sneaked out of the hospital. But someone going to their doctor, and even more a surgeon, is in a seriously vulnerable position. Without knowing a damned thing about it (in general), they're trusting this person with their life (or just quality of life if it's nothing all that important). Then they get on Facebook with a mustache and teardrops on their face while they're under.

What too many medical folks forget is that while they do these procedures every day and it's normal for them, the patient is probably worried at best and terrified at worst. So while putting a sticker on her face doesn't sound like much, it's still a pretty serious thing.

/There are more medical folks who are there for the patients and always keep in mind how hard it is for them, so I'm not trying to disparage the whole community.

voodoomedic:Absolutely. This is 100% a case of someone looking to bank off a modestly stupid attempt at humor...a joke played on a co-worker. "Hey doctors and hospitals have money...let's see how much we can get for 'pain and suffering.'"

And now that it's plastered all over online media, that only adds fuel to the fire. After we get some engineered outrage from the masses, time to head over and cash the cheque. This is such a non story. Must be caturday.

I May Be Crazy But...:It's pretty harmless, yeah, but as was pointed out upthread, it's still a violation of trust. If it's harmless, then the surgeon and his buddies can do it to each other when they pass out after using the prescription narcotics they sneaked out of the hospital. But someone going to their doctor, and even more a surgeon, is in a seriously vulnerable position. Without knowing a damned thing about it (in general), they're trusting this person with their life (or just quality of life if it's nothing all that important). Then they get on Facebook with a mustache and teardrops on their face while they're under.

What too many medical folks forget is that while they do these procedures every day and it's normal for them, the patient is probably worried at best and terrified at worst. So while putting a sticker on her face doesn't sound like much, it's still a pretty serious thing.

/There are more medical folks who are there for the patients and always keep in mind how hard it is for them, so I'm not trying to disparage the whole community.

They were friends and coworkers. It's not exactly your normal doctor patient relationship. I guess you never kid around with friends at work?

I May Be Crazy But...:It's pretty harmless, yeah, but as was pointed out upthread, it's still a violation of trust. If it's harmless, then the surgeon and his buddies can do it to each other when they pass out after using the prescription narcotics they sneaked out of the hospital. But someone going to their doctor, and even more a surgeon, is in a seriously vulnerable position. Without knowing a damned thing about it (in general), they're trusting this person with their life (or just quality of life if it's nothing all that important). Then they get on Facebook with a mustache and teardrops on their face while they're under.

What too many medical folks forget is that while they do these procedures every day and it's normal for them, the patient is probably worried at best and terrified at worst. So while putting a sticker on her face doesn't sound like much, it's still a pretty serious thing.

/There are more medical folks who are there for the patients and always keep in mind how hard it is for them, so I'm not trying to disparage the whole community.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom:I May Be Crazy But...: It's pretty harmless, yeah, but as was pointed out upthread, it's still a violation of trust. If it's harmless, then the surgeon and his buddies can do it to each other when they pass out after using the prescription narcotics they sneaked out of the hospital. But someone going to their doctor, and even more a surgeon, is in a seriously vulnerable position. Without knowing a damned thing about it (in general), they're trusting this person with their life (or just quality of life if it's nothing all that important). Then they get on Facebook with a mustache and teardrops on their face while they're under.

What too many medical folks forget is that while they do these procedures every day and it's normal for them, the patient is probably worried at best and terrified at worst. So while putting a sticker on her face doesn't sound like much, it's still a pretty serious thing.

/There are more medical folks who are there for the patients and always keep in mind how hard it is for them, so I'm not trying to disparage the whole community.

They were friends and coworkers. It's not exactly your normal doctor patient relationship. I guess you never kid around with friends at work?

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom:They were friends and coworkers. It's not exactly your normal doctor patient relationship. I guess you never kid around with friends at work?

I do. I have also been in a position of having a coworker as a customer (student, really). In that case I didn't kid around. Somehow I managed to act professionally (even though I didn't have them unconscious on an operating table).

I also treat my coworker differently when we're at work or at the bar. At work, we're coworkers. At the bar, we're friends.

Bslim:Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: I May Be Crazy But...: It's pretty harmless, yeah, but as was pointed out upthread, it's still a violation of trust. If it's harmless, then the surgeon and his buddies can do it to each other when they pass out after using the prescription narcotics they sneaked out of the hospital. But someone going to their doctor, and even more a surgeon, is in a seriously vulnerable position. Without knowing a damned thing about it (in general), they're trusting this person with their life (or just quality of life if it's nothing all that important). Then they get on Facebook with a mustache and teardrops on their face while they're under.

What too many medical folks forget is that while they do these procedures every day and it's normal for them, the patient is probably worried at best and terrified at worst. So while putting a sticker on her face doesn't sound like much, it's still a pretty serious thing.

/There are more medical folks who are there for the patients and always keep in mind how hard it is for them, so I'm not trying to disparage the whole community.

They were friends and coworkers. It's not exactly your normal doctor patient relationship. I guess you never kid around with friends at work?

balki1867:HIPAA is serious business. When I volunteered at a hospital were told even to avoid referring to patients as him or her when talking about them, if possible. That's how seriously the hospitals take patient privacy.

Posting a picture on Facebook (with or without a moustache) is definitely over the top.

This. This is a clear violation of 2 fundamental patient rights. The right to privacy and the right to dignity. This is taken very very seriously. These rights are drilled into every health care workers head constantly.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom:They were friends and coworkers. It's not exactly your normal doctor patient relationship. I guess you never kid around with friends at work?

I would say this is the key point:

"Although Gomez claims to have deleted the photo promptly after the incident, the image was posted on Facebook, obtained by the NY Daily News, and is serving as evidence in the lawsuit."

It'd be one thing if they had taken the picture, shown it to Valdez after she woke up, then deleted it. The fact that it got to the Internet is a significant breach of patient privacy, not "kidding around."

The hospital does not allow cell phones in patient areas, per a rule set in 2009 following a 2009 incident.

Said nursing manager Arthur Ano, "There was an incident, some years [ago], I walked in an operating room and the sales rep was taking a picture of a naked patient and I seized the phone. We discovered more pictures of the patient on his cell phone."So now it's okay for a sales rep to be in an operating room with a naked patient, just so long as there's no cell phone involved?

TFA says she worked for the hospital, and the guy who did it thought she would think it was funny. Just a joke gone wrong.

Fuggin Bizzy: Bathysphere: Is...is this supposed to be racist?

God, why do you libtards have to inject race into every single thing?

/No. Nobody said anything about race...until this. Good going, douche.

Woman's name is Valdez and the guy put a gaucho mustache and teardrops, a prison tattoo. Racism is common enough for one to wonder if this is a case of it. Try not to flood your room with tears because someone questioned it.

Except the "victim" was friends with the surgery staff and the person who took and posted the photo is a woman named Gomez. Idiot

The fact that she was in a very vulnerable position with people she trusted and they went and did this to her. Yeah, I know that some people would have laughed it off, but everyone is different. Trust is an important thing to some people, especially to women. When it is broken it really can feel like a great violation.

The fact that it was posted on Facebook too - that shiat never goes away.

She trusted them not to put harmless stickers on her for a short period of time?

I didn't RTFA because I just say no to giving the Opposing Views blog clicks, but it seems the issue is they posted photos of said patient w/ harmless stickers on social media. Because HIPAA and privacy issues and some such sort.

Kumana Wanalaia:Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Kumana Wanalaia: Bathysphere: Is...is this supposed to be racist?

TFA says she worked for the hospital, and the guy who did it thought she would think it was funny. Just a joke gone wrong.

Fuggin Bizzy: Bathysphere: Is...is this supposed to be racist?

God, why do you libtards have to inject race into every single thing?

/No. Nobody said anything about race...until this. Good going, douche.

Woman's name is Valdez and the guy put a gaucho mustache and teardrops, a prison tattoo. Racism is common enough for one to wonder if this is a case of it. Try not to flood your room with tears because someone questioned it.

Except the "victim" was friends with the surgery staff and the person who took and posted the photo is a woman named Gomez. Idiot

Read the first part of my comment. Just a joke gone wrong.

You are wound very tight. Idiot.

Joke gone wrong my dimpled ass. Forget the "racist" aspect. Had it been a Raggedy Ann nose or a Lone Ranger mask, it's still wrong. If you wouldn't do it to a reporter or an ambulance chasing lawyer, you shouldn't do it to anybody.

Stupid thing to do. Discipline the OR staff involved. Maybe a fine or unpaid leave for a few days. The one posting the picture to facebook may need to be made an example of. You simply can't do that.

Conversely, stupid thing to sue for. Patient is ensuring that these silly pictures are seen by a much, much wider audience. These were a few stickers that her co-workers (friends?) put on her as a joke. Hardly worth all the fuss.

PainfulItching:Kumana Wanalaia: Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Kumana Wanalaia: Bathysphere: Is...is this supposed to be racist?

TFA says she worked for the hospital, and the guy who did it thought she would think it was funny. Just a joke gone wrong.

Fuggin Bizzy: Bathysphere: Is...is this supposed to be racist?

God, why do you libtards have to inject race into every single thing?

/No. Nobody said anything about race...until this. Good going, douche.

Woman's name is Valdez and the guy put a gaucho mustache and teardrops, a prison tattoo. Racism is common enough for one to wonder if this is a case of it. Try not to flood your room with tears because someone questioned it.

Except the "victim" was friends with the surgery staff and the person who took and posted the photo is a woman named Gomez. Idiot

Read the first part of my comment. Just a joke gone wrong.

You are wound very tight. Idiot.

Joke gone wrong my dimpled ass. Forget the "racist" aspect. Had it been a Raggedy Ann nose or a Lone Ranger mask, it's still wrong. If you wouldn't do it to a reporter or an ambulance chasing lawyer, you shouldn't do it to anybody.

My point being that it wasn't an act of hate, rather, it was just highly inappropriate.

Several years ago my father, a surgeon at the hospital where he was having surgery, tied a red ribbon around his penis hidden beneath his gown. I suspect the surgeon & nurses were shocked when they pulled the gown back after he was asleep. Do you suppose he could have been sued for sexual harrassment?

Where I work the nurses used to paint the nails and apply fake tattoos to coworkers having surgery. Ahhhh, those were the days. But we were a small place and very tight-knit group.